A handbook on hanging
Subtitle: being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution; data and wrinkles on hangmanship; with the late Mr. Hangman Berry's method and his pioneering list of drops; to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings; a ready reckoner for hangmen; and many other items of interest including the anatomy of murder.
Edition: Finally definitive ed. diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
Publisher: EP Publishing; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1974
Place of publication: [Yorkshire, Eng.]; [Totowa, N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Hanging.; Capital punishment.
Notes: Reprint of 1961 ed. published by Putnam, London.